Manager Program Planning 3

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Redondo Beach, CA +1 · Project Management (Non-P&L)

Manager for Program Planning within the F-35 program, focusing on master planning integration, baseline execution, and change management. The role involves leading a team of planning professionals, improving planning tools and processes, and interacting with program leadership to achieve planning goals.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and maintain a highly motivated and engaged team of planning professionals
  2. Provide direct leadership with independent assessments to the Planning & Integration AND Master Planning managers of the organization
  3. Accountable to meet or exceed the planning expectations across all the Operating Units (OUs) of the program
  4. Sustain and improve MPI tools, artifacts, process documentation, and procedures
  5. Strengthen the organization through develop and deploy strategies, coaching and personnel development, intense focus and ownership of leadership, and ensure discipline and continuous improvement measures

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors degree and 8 years of related experience OR a Masters degree and 6 years of related experience
  • Professional and/or military experience in project management, quality, program management, business management, global supply chain, engineering, contracts management capture efforts, and/or business management related functions
  • Minimum of 4 years experience leading a team, process, and/or projects
  • Scheduling or planning experience in Lines of Balance or a similar practice experiences

Nice to have

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM field
  • Scheduling experience (Lines of Balances, Integrated Master Schedules)
  • Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry
  • Program execution and Functional Management Experience

What the JD emphasized

  • scheduling or planning experience in Lines of Balance or a similar practice experiences